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Arguing with anthropology : an introduction to critical theories of the gift / Karen Sykes.

By: Sykes, Karen Margaret, 1960-Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005Description: x, 244 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415254434 (hbk : alk. paper); 9780415254441 (pbk : alk. paper); 9780203491140 (e-book); 9780805848540; 0415254434 (hbk : alk. paper); 0415254442 (pbk : alk. paper); 0203491149 (e-book)Subject(s): Ceremonial exchange | Gifts | Anthropology -- PhilosophyLOC classification: GN449.8 | .S95 2005Online resources: Click here to view Also available as an electronic resource.
Contents:
A sceptical introduction to theories of gift exchange -- The awkward legacy of the noble savage -- Gathering thoughts in fieldwork -- Keeping relationships, meeting obligations -- Exchanging people, giving reasons -- Debt in postcolonial society -- Mistaking how and when to give -- Envisioning bourgeois subjects -- Giving beyond reason -- Virtually real exchange -- Interests in cultural property -- Giving anthropology a/way.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-236) and index.

A sceptical introduction to theories of gift exchange -- The awkward legacy of the noble savage -- Gathering thoughts in fieldwork -- Keeping relationships, meeting obligations -- Exchanging people, giving reasons -- Debt in postcolonial society -- Mistaking how and when to give -- Envisioning bourgeois subjects -- Giving beyond reason -- Virtually real exchange -- Interests in cultural property -- Giving anthropology a/way.

Also available as an electronic resource.

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